The Life of a Stupid Man

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

The Life of a Stupid Man
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
25 February 2015
Pages
64
ISBN
9780141397726

The Life of a Stupid Man

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Japan’s modernist master explores family, art and the fear of madness in exquisite autobiographical pieces and a short story.

‘What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.’ Autobiographical stories from one of Japan’s masters of modernist story-telling.

Introducing Little Black Classics- 80 books for Penguin’s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

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